Classic Garden Furniture You Can Truly Build! Transform your garden or patio into a cozier, more inviting place to relax with family and friends by making these classic outdoor furniture projects. Whether you're building a planter, bench or table you'll find designs that are practical, attractive and a pleasure to make. Even better, these 15 exciting new projects from author and master woodworker Danny Proulx are broken down into easy-to-follow instructions with step-by-step color photos and schematic drawings. Proulx designs each project to highlight one joint, construction technique or assembly process, enabling you to build upon skills you already have and learn new ones that will take your woodworking to the next level. Proulx also gives you creative freedom by showing a basic technique, and then suggesting interesting alternative methods for achieving the same end result. He'll encourage you to have fun, experiment and turn your garden, patio or yard into your favorite "room" of the house. Projects range from easy to intermediate, including: • Beautiful Planters • Benches and Screens • Elegant Tables • And other garden classics!

This fantastic book is a follow-up to Proulx's How to Build Classic Garden Furniture. Readers will find more great projects, ranging from simple weekend designs to intermediate level projects that require more investment in time and materials.Readers will find all the detailed steps they need to build these great outdoor projects without using a shop full of tools--perfect for the weekend woodworker and do-it-yourselfer. Projects range from flower planters, chairs and garden benches to loveseats, swings and tables, suitable for any backyard deck, patio or garden. All the projects are fresh, useful and innovative--sure to please both the builder and the user.* Packed with clear, close-up photography with captions to illustrate construction procedures* Includes 15 exciting projectsDanny Proulx is a successful contractor, specializing in custom-kitchen remodeling and construction of decks. He is also the author of Build Your Own Kitchen Cabinets, How to Build Classic Garden Furniture and Smart Shelving and Storage Solutions. He lives in Ottawa, Canada.

This step-by-step guide will have homeowners, do-it-yourselfers and woodworkers eager to begin crafting this outdoor furniture, designed to withstand years of outdoor exposure with minimal care.

Enjoy outdoor living to the fullest with these 22 functional and decorative furniture projects. Superb step-by-step photographs and excellent working drawings help ensure success. The time to complete each project ranges from a few hours to a couple of weekends, making this book an ideal resource for transforming your backyard or deck. From Adirondack chairs, patio bars, and picnic tables to showcase Victorian trellises and planters, these attractive pieces will beautify your outdoor space.

Gardeners, small farmers, and outdoor living enthusiasts will love this compilation of 76 rustic DIY projects. From plant supports and clotheslines to a chicken coop, a greenhouse, and a root cellar with storage bins, most of the projects are suitable for complete novices, and all use just basic tools and easy-to-find materials. You’ll find techniques to build whatever your outdoor world is missing, with additional tips to live sustainably, happily, and independently. Also available in this series: The Backyard Homestead, The Backyard Homestead Seasonal Planner, The Backyard Homestead Guide to Raising Farm Animals, and The Backyard Homestead Book of Kitchen Know-How.

At last, an organized approach to building fabulous outdoor furniture. Shopping lists, tool lists, and materials lists tell you exactly what you'll need.

By the nature of where it spends its life, outdoor furniture has to be designed, first and foremost, to withstand its toughest enemy--the elements. This book includes projects for durable outdoor chairs, benches, tables, swings, gliders, and other garden structures.

The Shakers produced many incredible furniture objects that we continue to venerate today. For the woodworker the fascination is often rooted in the essential simplicity of the work. Interest in Shaker design is as strong today as it was when the first edition of this book was published in 1977, possibly stronger. This ongoing interest is the direct result of the inherent beauty of Shaker design—beauty that stems not only from form, but from superb workmanship, a commitment to utility and a total understanding of material.

Keep it simple, keep it basic, keep it fun! Simply-Built Furniture is part of Danny Proulx's legacy to the woodworking world. He showed us that furniture doesn't have to be ornate or highly decorated to achieve a "timeless" status. Sometimes simple is best. Simple lines and simple joinery. This collection brings together special projects from Proulx's 16 books—most of which are now out of print—with pieces such as a rustic pine chest of drawers, a bed with built-in storage, a window seat, a contemporary display cabinet, a tall bookcase, an armoire work center, a writing desk, a memorabilia sideboard, and more. Both beginning and experienced woodworkers will appreciate Proulx's no-nonsense approach to woodworking and his easy style of teaching, as well as the minimal time and materials needed to create these beautiful projects that are more than a just another piece of furniture for your homes. The projects in this book will fit in almost any design setting and won't become passe after a few years. And best of all, you can build this furniture with basic woodworking tools and easy-to-find materials. It's really very simple.

A guide for woodworkers to build chairs, tables, dressers, china closets, lamps, secretaries and more - in the Arts & Crafts style.